Insect-protector



L. W. STEVENS.

INSECT PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT; rs, 1920.

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LEO WATSON STEVENS OF EVERETT, WASHINGTON.

INSECT-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

Application filed October 18,1920. Serial No. 417,550.

To all whom z'tma concern:

Be it known t at I, Leo W. Srsvnns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Everett, in the county of Snohomishand State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect- Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to insect guards and is especially adapted for preventing insects from gaining access to roosting hens.

The invention forming the subject matter of this application is also adapted to prea vent insects from crawling up the legs of 15 furniture and attacking the furniture by boring or otherwise.

Briefly stated this invention comprises a supporting standard which carries a cup within which a quantity of oil or the like is adapted to be received so asto completely surround the standard whereby insects are prevented from traveling up the standard. and reaching the fowls or the roost supported by the standard, or when supporting furniture the 011 contained within the receptacle will prevent the insects from obtaining access to the furniture.

A further object of the invention is to provide an insect guard of the class described which is simple, neat in appearance and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, I

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the improved guard, the same be in shown supporting a chicken roost, and

l iig. 2 is an elevation of the same, the view illustrating the standards supporting a iece of furniture.

n the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 designates a standard having its lower end portion threaded as indicated at 12, so that the same may be connected into an attaching flange 14. The flange 14 may be secured to the floor by means of screws or other suitable fastening devices 16.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the-standard 10 is threaded throu bout the major portion of its length and has a nut 17 threaded on its upper portion so as to constitute a shoulder adapted for supporting a roost 18. The roost is adjustable vertically with relation to the standard since the same is provided with an opening 20 which slidably receives the upperportion of the. standard.

A cylindrical receptacle 22 is provided with a bottom 23 having a centrally arranged opening 24 which receives the standard 10. The bottom 23 of the receptacle 22 is mounted upon a nut 26 which is threaded onto the standard and which forms a supporting means for the receptacle. To provide a liquid tight connection between the receptacle and the standard, I have mounted a washer 28 upon the bottom 23 of the receptacle. A nut 30 is threaded on the shaft or standard 10 immediately above the washer 28 and bears against the washer so to hold the same firmly into engagement with the standard and the bottom of the receptacle.

The receptacle 22 is adapted for the reception of a quantity of oil or other liquid which will prevent the insects from crawling up the side of the standard and gaining access to the fowls on the roost 18. As the insect travels up the side of the standard it necessarily has to go up the side of the receptacle and upon reaching the liquid the further upward travel of the insect is stopped.

A protecting disk 32 is arranged above the receptacle 22 and extends beyond the sides of the same so as to positively prevent all foreign matter from entering the receptacle. [It will be noted that the disk 32 which constitutes a protector is arranged in spaced relation to the upper end of the receptacle so that the insects are prevented from crawling from the upper end of the receptacle to the disk 32 and thereby continuing their travel to the roost 18. The disk 32 is of course provided with a centrally arranged opening which slidably receives the stand ard 10 and the disk is limited in its down ward movement by means of a nut 3% threaded on the standard and engaged with the under side of the disk. A nut 36 is threaded on the standard. and contacts with the upper side of the disk so as to securely hold the same in position. By a vertical adustment of the nuts 34 and 36 the protecting member 32 may be adjusted with relation to the receptacle so that the space betweenthe member 32 and the receptacle may be varied.

Fig. 1 illustrates the use of the invention in connection with a chicken roost, while Fig. 2 illustrates the invention in connection with a, piece of furniture designated by the numeral 40. In Fig. 2, the piece of furniture is in the nature of a cabinet, though it is obvious that the standards may be employed as a supporting means for any other class of furniture. For instance, the standard 10 may be employed as a supportin means for beds or the like.

With the improved supporting device employed in connection with furniture, the standard may have a second attaching flange mounted on its upper end to displace the shoulder 17. In this manner the standard may be rigidly connected to the object to be supported.

With reference to the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be observed that a device constructed in accordance with this invention effectively prevents insects from gaining access to articles of furniture or fowls which may be on the roost 18. It is of course understood that the invention is capableof other uses than those specifically described.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a standard, a receptacle having a bottom provided with an opening slidably receiving the standard, a nut threaded on said standard and supporting said receptacle, means for providing a liquid-tight connection between said receptacle and said standard, a second nut mounted on said standard, a protecting disk supported by said nut and arranged in spaced iclation to the adjacent end of said receptacle, means coacting with said second named nut to secure said disk in position, and a support ing element adjustably carried by said standard.

2. A device of the class described comprising a standard threaded for the major portion of its length, a receptacle surrounding the standard, nuts threaded on said standard on opposite sides of the bottom of said receptacle and adjustably supporting the receptacle, a second set of nuts threaded on said standard, a disk confined between the nuts, and adjustably supported thereby, and adjustable article supporting means threaded on the upper portion of said standard.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEO WATSON STEVENS. Witnesses:

C. W. DAMON, J. P. GRAHAM. 

